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Collaboration Tips for Virtual Workers
When done right, remote work can carry incredible benefits - for workers and organizations. Not only are remote teams much more productive, but telecommuting is better for the environment and makes for happier, healthier workers. And let’s not forget to mention that remote work is ...
A Whole New World: Post-Pandemic Normal
What is the New Normal to the Workforce? The pandemic made us question nearly everything we knew - forcing a series of changes across the board. Not only did COVID kill the traditional work model, but it accelerated the adoption of video conferencing and ...
Top 10 Benefits of Working From Home
Work from home is appealing for many reasons, from the flexibility it provides to the doors it opens for those looking to travel without saying goodbye to their paycheck. Before 2020, remote work gained popularity, but the pandemic accelerated that trend in a significant ...
Telecommuting Statistics You Should Know
Working in an office and the typical 9-to-5 was going out of style long before the pandemic- 2020 only accelerated it. Now, more people are working remotely than ever before, leaving many wondering what the future of work will look like. Will remote work ...
5 Things to Remember When Building Remote Teams
Remote team management became vital in 2020. While many companies and business leaders had experience hiring and working with remote employees before the pandemic, for the vast majority, this was new territory. Because of how quickly things accelerated with COVID-19, leaders were forced to pivot ...
Supporting Your Employees Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic Work Stress
The pandemic did more than change how we work, communicate, and socialize; it also had an unforeseen impact on our mental health. If you felt depressed, anxious, confused, and lost sleep during this last year, know you’re not alone. Communities across the world grappled ...
Three Tips to Starting a New Job, Remotely
Starting your Career with a Remote Job. Starting a new job of any kind typically stirs up many emotions - anxiety, excitement, nerves, and anticipation come to mind. But does the same apply if it is remote job? You bet! Workers have done an ...
Top 5 Myths and Misconceptions on VoIP
Understanding VoIP Calling. Voice over Internet Protocol (known as VoIP) has become one of the most efficient and effective telecommunication tools for businesses. Unbeknownst to many, VoIP has been around for decades. However, over the last several years - and of course in 2020 ...
Is Remote Work Going to Replace Local?
Remote Work vs Local. Before the word 'pandemic' was so ingrained in our daily vocabulary - and lives - experts predicted significant changes to the way we work. Pre-pandemic, remote work was a nice perk, but it certainly wasn't the norm in most industries. ...
What Changes to Expect with 5G
The telecommunications industry is bracing itself for change with the rollout of 5G. The highly-anticipated 5th generation mobile network enables an entirely new kind of faster, bigger, and better network than previous iterations. Impressively, 5G is expected to be more than 100 times faster ...
How to Travel Without Quitting Your Job
Tips For Working While You Travel. The pandemic changed everything - from how we shop and socialize to the way we work and communicate. To say the last year has been challenging would be an understatement, but it’s important to recognize the silver lining ...
Public Speaking Anxiety – Are you Suffering from Glossophobia?
Glossophobia: Fear of Public Speaking. Are you one of the millions who suffer from fear of public speaking, or glossophobia? Experts say up to 75% of the population is afraid of speaking in public, a statistic that has become even more relevant in today’s ...
The Essentials to Starting a Home Office
Home Office Checklist. Working from home was easily one of the biggest trends of 2020. Spurred by the pandemic, remote work changed everything, from how we collaborate and communicate with one another to our professional environment. Whether you were working from home long before ...
Complete Beginner’s Guide To Starting VoIP
Best VoIP Service - A Beginner's Guide. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has been getting a lot of love lately, thanks to the shift to remote work and the need to stay connected to teams spread across the globe. If you weren’t familiar with ...
Why You Should Use VoIP for Your Business
Business VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a revolutionary technology that allows people to make and receive calls simply by using the internet. With how much time we are all spending at home and on our devices (thanks, remote work), it should come ...
Leverage Education Video Conferencing During Remote Learning
Remote Learning and Video Conferencing. If you would’ve told teachers and educators a year ago that they’d soon become video conferencing wizards and remote learning heroes, no one would’ve believed you. Yet, here we are one year into the pandemic, and remote learning ...
Faxing in the Modern World: Cloud-Based Faxing
Cloud-Based Faxing. Remote work is here to stay, pandemic or not. As we continue to adjust to the hybrid workforce, business leaders are looking for solutions to help teams communicate and stay connected. An unlikely hero? Fax. No, we aren’t talking about the old-fashioned ...
VoIP for Business – Pros and Cons
Pros and Cons of Using VoIP for your Business. We recently looked at what VoIP is and some of the most valued built-in features of this type of phone service. But how do you know if it’s something your business could benefit from? VoIP ...
Virtual Fax vs Email – Which Is Better For Business?
Fax vs Email. Why Is Faxing Still Far From Being Outdated? There's no question that technology is revolutionizing how we conduct business, communicate, and connect. Nowadays, when someone mentions the word 'fax,' you probably think they're dating themselves. But not so fast. Sure, email ...
Voip Solutions and How they Work
What is a VoIP Solution? VoIP has forever-changed how we communicate, especially long-distance calls. Not familiar with business VoIP solutions? Don’t worry; you’re not alone! Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a revolutionary technology that converts a person’s voice into a digital signal. Thanks ...
Video Conference Tips for Powerful Meetings
Our Video Conference Tips. Video conferences and online meetings are now the norm — and that isn’t changing anytime soon. With more than a third of the U.S. population working from home nearly a year into the pandemic, staying connected to our teams and peers ...
Working Remotely to Promote Open and Effective Communication
Promoting open and effective lines of communication when working remotely. Learning how to communicate effectively with remote teams is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations. With more people working remotely from home than ever before, we must learn how to stay connected and ...
Motivating Remote Teams
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous effect on many different aspects of our daily lives, including how we work and communicate. One of the most significant shifts that have occurred due to the pandemic is remote work. Now, teams are scattered all over ...
Customer Experience Tips for Improved Communication
Communication is absolutely everything, especially in today’s remote climate. If you don’t have excellent communication skills and understand what your customer needs are, even the best marketing strategy will fall flat. To meet the needs of today’s changing customer and keep up with the ...
Quick Tips to Improve Your Work From Home Office
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are working from home than ever before. They are setting up a nice home office using different types of office furniture - from minimalist to extravagant to productivity-inducing home office furniture setup. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates ...
Video Conferencing Platforms for Remote Workers
What Remote Work Staff Are Saying in Their Meetings. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way people work and live. Prior to the pandemic, approximately 3.4 percent of the US population, or 7 million people were working remotely in the U.S. Over ...
Overcoming Remote Work Conference Fatigue
The Future of Work is Digital. We are almost six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and times are strange, to put it mildly. While there's undoubtedly a lot we don’t know about what lies ahead, one thing is for sure - the future of ...
Video Conferencing Security Woes
Video conferencing has become the norm amid the ongoing pandemic - and it's here to stay. While many organizations and individuals were utilizing video conferencing tools in some capacity before the novel coronavirus, others quickly adapted to the 'new normal.' As businesses worldwide adapted ...
3 Ways Video Conferencing Promotes Continuity and Community
We are living in unprecedented times right now as COVID-19 continues to make a global impact. Over the last several weeks, organizations all over the world have had to transition to remote work and adapt to this new reality. With this, we’ve seen a ...
4 Unexpected Uses of Video Conferencing
It comes as no surprise that video conferencing has become incredibly popular, almost overnight. Perhaps the most obvious benefit of using a video conferencing platform like Vai online meetings is the ability to interact with business partners, students, individuals, and groups in real-time, wherever ...
14 Tips for a Successful Video Conference
In the last month, video conferencing has become an essential component in keeping businesses up and running, students learning, and people connected with their communities. To maintain a ‘normal’ working environment right now, people across all industries have turned to technology. Prior to the ...
Vai Launches Video Conferencing
We're excited to announce the launch of Vai Video Conferencing in this incredibly challenging time. Every business, school, community facility and home is facing isolation and a lack of personal and physical interaction. Vai Conference will serve to augment the current video conferencing offerings in ...
The Difference Between VoIP vs Analog Phone System
Standard phone service vs VoIP: What’s the difference? For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) using an analog phone system, making the switch to VoIP (voice over internet protocol) can be intimidating. To help determine if it’s the right move for your enterprise, we’ve done ...
VoIP For Small Business. What You Need To Know
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. have the opportunity to leverage their organization through a VoIP system. VoIP, or voice over internet protocol, has quickly become the go-to system for businesses of any size. Not only is it more affordable than analog ...
Best VoIP Benefits for Remote Workers with Vaitel
Working remotely has become increasingly common around the world, with both employers and staff understanding the need to work flexibly as well as the advantages of getting the best VoIP benefits. Particularly with the recent COVID-19 crisis, many organizations have been forced to work ...
Learn How a Cloud-Based Phone System Works with Vaitel
Any successful business demands good communication. Whether you need to contact customers, make sales calls, or keep in touch with colleagues, communication is always essential. In recent years, the cloud-based phone system, aka voice over internet protocol (VoIP), has become popular, coupled with the ...